US20100193394A1 - Wind power turbine blade packing and packing method - Google Patents
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- a wind power turbine bladeis an elongated member comprising a metal structure embedded in a fiberglass shell.
- Currently used bladesmay be as long as 50 meters or 164 feet, and comprise, in succession, a connection, root, wing, and tip.
- the root of the bladehas a substantially circular cross section that varies considerably along the blade axis, while the wing has a cross section in the form of a wing profile that varies considerably in shape and size along the blade axis.
- EP Patent Application No. 1,829,762 A1relates to packing for transporting wind power turbine blades. Since a wind power turbine is normally equipped with three identical blades equally spaced about the hub rotation axis, the packing described in EP Patent Application No. 1,829,762 A1 is designed to house three blades, and substantially comprises a metal trellis structure that extends the full length of the blades and comprises three compartments, each for housing a respective blade.
- PCT Patent Application No. WO 2006/061806 A2describes packing comprising small metal supporting structures placed only along given portions of the blades.
- U.S. Published Patent Application No. 2008/0107526relates to packing for supporting one blade, and which comprises a metal container, and protective cushions between the metal container and the blade.
- the metal containercomprises a universal joint, and serves to move the blade as it is assembled to the hub.
- the present disclosurerelates to packing for wind power turbine blades. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a packing, a protector or a transportor configured to support a wind power turbine blade, to facilitate transport of the blade, and to protect the blade from shock during transport.
- One object of the present disclosureis to provide lightweight, compact packing for wind power turbine blades.
- Another object of the present disclosureis to provide wind power turbine blade packing designed to reduce the cost of returning the packing.
- Another object of the present disclosureis to provide wind power turbine blade packing that can be applied easily to the blade.
- packing for wind power turbine bladescomprising at least one inflatable annular structure comprising at least one outer supporting wall (such as at least one flat outer supporting wall), and at least one inner clamping wall for clamping a blade in a given or designated position with respect to the outer supporting wall.
- the inflatable annular structureis lightweight and compact, can be deflated to return the packing, and, when fully or partly deflated, can be fitted easily about the blade and then inflated to secure it to the blade, so the blade can be positioned much more easily with respect to it.
- the inflatable annular structureis also extremely versatile, by adapting to the different cross sections of a given blade, and can be used for packing blades of different shapes and sizes and at different positions along the blade.
- the inflatable annular structurecomprises at least one inflatable outer bag comprising the outer supporting wall and at least one inflatable inner bag comprising the inner clamping wall.
- the inflatable outer and/or inner bagmay thus be inflated selectively to simplify assembly of the packing to the blade. Accordingly, it should be appreciated that the present disclosure provides a packing, a protector or a transportor with a conformable or compressible engagement surface with adapts to the shape and size of the blade.
- the inflatable outer bagcomprises a plurality of substantially flat, adjacent outer supporting walls.
- a designated outer supporting wallcan be selected, and the other outer supporting walls can be used for supporting other inflatable annular structures.
- Another object of the present disclosureis to provide an easy method of packing wind power turbine blades.
- a method of packing wind power turbine bladescomprising the steps of applying at least one inflatable annular structure about a blade, and inflating the inflatable annular structure to distend an outer supporting wall (such as a flat outer supporting wall), and an inner clamping wall for clamping the blade.
- FIG. 1shows a side view, with parts removed for clarity, of a blade being transported in wind power turbine blade packing in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIGS. 2 and 3show larger-scale end views, with parts removed for clarity, of an inflatable annular structure of the FIG. 1 packing;
- FIG. 4shows an end view, with parts removed for clarity, of a packing assembly comprising three connected packings
- FIG. 5shows a larger-scale isometric view, with parts removed for clarity, of the inflatable annular structure in FIG. 3 ;
- FIGS. 6 and 7show end views, with parts removed for clarity, of two alternative embodiments of inflatable annular structures in accordance with the present disclosure.
- number 1 in FIG. 1indicates as a whole a packing, a protector or a transportor for a blade 2 of a known wind power turbine (not shown in the drawings).
- a known wind power turbinenormally comprises a blade assembly comprising a hub fitted with three blades equally spaced bout the hub rotation axis.
- blade 2is suspended from a helicopter 3 by two slings 4 and a hitch device 5 .
- Blade 2extends along a longitudinal axis A, and comprises, from left to right in FIG. 1 , a connection 6 , a root 7 , and a wing 8 terminating in a tip 9 .
- Connection 6has a substantially circular cross section
- root 7has a circular cross section varying along longitudinal axis A
- wing 8has a cross section in the form of a wing profile that varies in size along longitudinal axis A.
- Root 7has an annular face 10
- wing 8has two faces 11 , 12 ( FIG. 5 ) extending between root 7 and tip 9 .
- Connection 6comprises flanges, and a toothed ring nut forming a pitch control mechanism (not shown) to control the orientation of blade 2 about axis A when blade 2 is fitted to the hub.
- Blade 2comprises a metal structure, and a fiberglass shell covering the metal structure, except for connection 6 .
- packing 1comprises two inflatable annular structures 13 , one applied about root 7 , and the other about wing 8 .
- Each inflatable annular structure 13is a load-bearing structure capable of supporting the weight of blade 2 and keeping blade 2 raised off a supporting surface P ( FIG. 3 ).
- each inflatable annular structure 13comprises an annular inflatable outer bag 14 , and six inflatable inner bags 15 .
- Inflatable outer bag 14is described in the distended configuration (i.e., inflated with gas, such as air) and comprises three adjacent outer supporting walls 16 which, in use, impart to inflatable annular structure 13 the shape of a triangular-ended prism, the lateral walls of which are defined by outer supporting walls 16 .
- Inflatable outer bag 14also comprises three intermediate walls 17 , each parallel to and facing a respective supporting wall 16 , two end walls 18 (only one shown in FIG. 2 ) connecting supporting walls 16 to intermediate walls 17 , a valve 19 for feeding gas into and expelling gas from inflatable outer bag 14 , and a cap 20 for closing valve 19 .
- Each inflatable inner bag 15extends along an intermediate wall 17 .
- each intermediate wall 17also defines a wall of an inflatable inner bag 15 .
- at least two adjacent inflatable inner bags 15extend along each intermediate wall 17 .
- each inflatable inner bag 15also comprises two adjacent inner clamping walls 21 , 22 parallel to axis A, two end walls 23 (only one shown in FIG. 3 ) perpendicular to axis A, a valve 24 , and a cap 25 .
- outer supporting walls 16comprise reinforcing panels 26 , such as reinforcing panels made of rubber, to also prevent inflatable annular structure 13 from slipping on supporting surface P ( FIG. 3 ).
- Each inflatable annular structure 13comprises one or more connectors, (such as flaps 27 in which reinforced-edged eyelets 28 are formed) which extend along the edges of each outer supporting wall 16 to connect one inflatable annular structure 13 to an adjacent inflatable annular structure 13 , as shown in FIG. 4 .
- connectorssuch as flaps 27 in which reinforced-edged eyelets 28 are formed
- inflatable outer bag 14defines the shape of inflatable annular structure 13 , and in particular of outer supporting walls 16 , while inner bags 15 clamp and lock blade 2 in a given position with respect to inflatable outer bag 14 , and in particular with respect to outer supporting walls 16 .
- inner clamping walls 21 , 22gradually move into position contacting faces 11 and 12 of wing 8 or the inner clamping walls 21 , 22 of the adjacent inflatable inner bags 15 .
- inflatable inner bags 15adapt to the shape of root 7 and assume a different shape from the one shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 .
- number 29indicates an inflatable annular structure comprising an annular inflatable outer bag 14 , and three inflatable inner bags 30 , each comprising an inner clamping wall 31 , two end walls 32 (only one shown in FIG. 6 ), a valve 33 , and a cap 34 .
- number 35indicates an inflatable annular structure comprising an annular inflatable outer bag 14 , and an annular inflatable inner bag 36 comprising an annular inner clamping wall 37 , two end walls 38 (only one shown in FIG. 7 ), a valve 39 , and a cap 40 .
- Inflatable annular structures 29 and 35are particularly suitable for clamping blade 2 at root 7 .
- inflatable annular structures 13 , 29 , 35differ as to the shape and number of respective inflatable inner bags 15 , 30 , 36 , and each is preferable to the others in certain applications, inflatable annular structures 13 , 29 , 35 are interchangeable.
- inflatable annular structures 29 and 35also comprise one or more connectors, such as flaps 27 with reinforced-edged eyelets 28 .
- packing 1in addition to inflatable annular structures 13 , packing 1 comprises a cover 41 for protecting tip 9 of blade 2 , and which is in the form of a cap and also inflatable.
- the packingcomprises further inflatable covers placed along other portions of the blade to protect the blade from shock.
- Number 42 in FIG. 4indicates a packing assembly for three blades 2 packed in respective inflatable annular structures 13 fixed to one another.
- two inflatable annular structures 13rest on a supporting surface P along two respective outer supporting walls 16
- a third inflatable annular structure 13rests on the other two inflatable annular structures 13 .
- inflatable annular structures 13are prism-shaped with triangular, such as isosceles triangular, ends
- two side by side inflatable annular structures 13form a gap complementary to the inverted third inflatable annular structure 13 , two outer supporting walls 16 of which rest on two sloping outer supporting walls 16 of the other two inflatable annular structures 13 .
- the three inflatable annular structures 13are connected to one another by rings 43 or ropes (not shown) through adjacent eyelets 28 of adjacent inflatable annular structures 13 .
- Packing assemblies of different shapescan thus be formed comprising at least two connected inflatable annular structures 13 .
- the wind power turbine blade packing methodcomprises the steps of placing at least two inflatable annular structures 13 about a blade 2 , and inflating each inflatable annular structure 13 to distend outer supporting walls 16 , and inner clamping walls 21 or 22 for clamping blade 2 .
- the methodcomprises the step of inflating inflatable outer bag 14 first, and then inflatable inner bags 15 . More specifically, the method of this embodiment comprises the step of positioning inflatable annular structure 13 about blade 2 before inflating inflatable inner bags 15 , and after inflating inflatable outer bag 14 , so as to set supporting walls 16 in a given position with respect to blade 2 .
- the methodalso comprises the step of placing inflatable annular structure 13 about blade 2 at a given point along axis A of blade 2 , before inflating inflatable inner bags 15 and after inflating inflatable outer bag 14 .
- inflatable annular structure 13is locked about blade 2 by inflating inflatable inner bags 15 , such as simultaneously.
- packing, protector or transportor 1substantially comprises lightweight, compact, relatively low-cost inflatable annular structures, the inflatable annular structures defining the packing can be salvaged and deflated to drastically reduce volume for transport from the blade installation site back to the blade manufacturing plant, and the packing is configured to adapt to the shape of the blade, so it can be used for blades of different shapes and sizes.
- the clamping wallsin fact, mold to the shape of the blade, which makes the packing extremely versatile.
- the annular structurescan be placed relatively easily about the blade, and then inflated to fix them to the blade.
- the packingin general may comprise one or a number of variously combined inflatable annular structures 13 , 29 , 35 .
- inflatable annular structures 13 , 29 , 35are relatively long, so that one inflatable annular structure 13 , 29 , 35 is enough to support blade 2 .
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- This application claims the benefit of and priority to Italian Patent Application No. MI2009A 000119, filed on Jan. 30, 2009, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein.
- A wind power turbine blade is an elongated member comprising a metal structure embedded in a fiberglass shell. Currently used blades may be as long as 50 meters or 164 feet, and comprise, in succession, a connection, root, wing, and tip. The root of the blade has a substantially circular cross section that varies considerably along the blade axis, while the wing has a cross section in the form of a wing profile that varies considerably in shape and size along the blade axis.
- Because of its shape and size, a wind power turbine blade is relatively difficult to pack and transport.
- Accordingly, special packing has been devised for transporting, handling, and storing wind power turbine blades. For example, EP Patent Application No. 1,829,762 A1 relates to packing for transporting wind power turbine blades. Since a wind power turbine is normally equipped with three identical blades equally spaced about the hub rotation axis, the packing described in EP Patent Application No. 1,829,762 A1 is designed to house three blades, and substantially comprises a metal trellis structure that extends the full length of the blades and comprises three compartments, each for housing a respective blade.
- However, the packing described in EP Patent Application No. 1,829,762 A1 has the drawback of being extremely heavy, bulky, and relatively expensive. Moreover, once the blades are delivered to the installation site, the packing must be returned to the manufacturing plant, the expense of which may be enormous, in view of the fact that blades are at times shipped to sites thousands of kilometers or miles from the manufacturing plant.
- To reduce the size and weight of the packing, PCT Patent Application No. WO 2006/061806 A2 describes packing comprising small metal supporting structures placed only along given portions of the blades.
- Additionally, U.S. Published Patent Application No. 2008/0107526 relates to packing for supporting one blade, and which comprises a metal container, and protective cushions between the metal container and the blade. The metal container comprises a universal joint, and serves to move the blade as it is assembled to the hub.
- Though some of the these known types of packing are relatively small, they still only partly solve the problem of returning the packing, which still involves transporting relatively bulky metal structures at a relatively high cost.
- Moreover, such known packing is difficult to apply to the blade/s, and must be applied with great care to avoid damaging the blades.
- The present disclosure relates to packing for wind power turbine blades. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a packing, a protector or a transportor configured to support a wind power turbine blade, to facilitate transport of the blade, and to protect the blade from shock during transport.
- One object of the present disclosure is to provide lightweight, compact packing for wind power turbine blades.
- Another object of the present disclosure is to provide wind power turbine blade packing designed to reduce the cost of returning the packing.
- Another object of the present disclosure is to provide wind power turbine blade packing that can be applied easily to the blade.
- According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided packing for wind power turbine blades, the packing comprising at least one inflatable annular structure comprising at least one outer supporting wall (such as at least one flat outer supporting wall), and at least one inner clamping wall for clamping a blade in a given or designated position with respect to the outer supporting wall.
- The inflatable annular structure is lightweight and compact, can be deflated to return the packing, and, when fully or partly deflated, can be fitted easily about the blade and then inflated to secure it to the blade, so the blade can be positioned much more easily with respect to it.
- The inflatable annular structure is also extremely versatile, by adapting to the different cross sections of a given blade, and can be used for packing blades of different shapes and sizes and at different positions along the blade.
- In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the inflatable annular structure comprises at least one inflatable outer bag comprising the outer supporting wall and at least one inflatable inner bag comprising the inner clamping wall.
- The inflatable outer and/or inner bag may thus be inflated selectively to simplify assembly of the packing to the blade. Accordingly, it should be appreciated that the present disclosure provides a packing, a protector or a transportor with a conformable or compressible engagement surface with adapts to the shape and size of the blade.
- In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the inflatable outer bag comprises a plurality of substantially flat, adjacent outer supporting walls.
- In this embodiment, a designated outer supporting wall can be selected, and the other outer supporting walls can be used for supporting other inflatable annular structures.
- Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an easy method of packing wind power turbine blades.
- According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of packing wind power turbine blades, the method comprising the steps of applying at least one inflatable annular structure about a blade, and inflating the inflatable annular structure to distend an outer supporting wall (such as a flat outer supporting wall), and an inner clamping wall for clamping the blade.
- Additional features and advantages are described in, and will be apparent from, the following Detailed Description and the figures.
- A number of non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 shows a side view, with parts removed for clarity, of a blade being transported in wind power turbine blade packing in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure;FIGS. 2 and 3 show larger-scale end views, with parts removed for clarity, of an inflatable annular structure of theFIG. 1 packing;FIG. 4 shows an end view, with parts removed for clarity, of a packing assembly comprising three connected packings;FIG. 5 shows a larger-scale isometric view, with parts removed for clarity, of the inflatable annular structure inFIG. 3 ; andFIGS. 6 and 7 show end views, with parts removed for clarity, of two alternative embodiments of inflatable annular structures in accordance with the present disclosure.- Referring now to the example embodiments of the present disclosure illustrated in
FIGS. 1 to 7 , number1 inFIG. 1 indicates as a whole a packing, a protector or a transportor for ablade 2 of a known wind power turbine (not shown in the drawings). - A known wind power turbine (not shown in the drawings), normally comprises a blade assembly comprising a hub fitted with three blades equally spaced bout the hub rotation axis.
- In the
FIG. 1 example,blade 2 is suspended from a helicopter3 by two slings4 and ahitch device 5. Blade 2 extends along a longitudinal axis A, and comprises, from left to right inFIG. 1 , a connection6, a root7, and awing 8 terminating in a tip9. Connection6 has a substantially circular cross section, root7 has a circular cross section varying along longitudinal axis A, andwing 8 has a cross section in the form of a wing profile that varies in size along longitudinal axis A.- Root7 has an annular face10, and
wing 8 has twofaces 11,12 (FIG. 5 ) extending between root7 and tip9. - Connection6 comprises flanges, and a toothed ring nut forming a pitch control mechanism (not shown) to control the orientation of
blade 2 about axis A whenblade 2 is fitted to the hub.Blade 2 comprises a metal structure, and a fiberglass shell covering the metal structure, except for connection6. - In the
FIG. 1 example, packing1 comprises two inflatableannular structures 13, one applied about root7, and the other aboutwing 8. - Each inflatable
annular structure 13 is a load-bearing structure capable of supporting the weight ofblade 2 and keepingblade 2 raised off a supporting surface P (FIG. 3 ). - With reference to
FIG. 2 , each inflatableannular structure 13 comprises an annular inflatableouter bag 14, and six inflatableinner bags 15. Inflatableouter bag 14 is described in the distended configuration (i.e., inflated with gas, such as air) and comprises three adjacent outer supportingwalls 16 which, in use, impart to inflatableannular structure 13 the shape of a triangular-ended prism, the lateral walls of which are defined by outer supportingwalls 16. Inflatableouter bag 14 also comprises threeintermediate walls 17, each parallel to and facing a respective supportingwall 16, two end walls18 (only one shown inFIG. 2 ) connecting supportingwalls 16 tointermediate walls 17, avalve 19 for feeding gas into and expelling gas from inflatableouter bag 14, and acap 20 forclosing valve 19. Each inflatableinner bag 15 extends along anintermediate wall 17. In the example shown, eachintermediate wall 17 also defines a wall of an inflatableinner bag 15. And at least two adjacent inflatableinner bags 15 extend along eachintermediate wall 17. - With reference to
FIG. 3 , in addition to a portion ofintermediate wall 17, each inflatableinner bag 15 also comprises two adjacentinner clamping walls FIG. 3 ) perpendicular to axis A, avalve 24, and acap 25. - With reference to
FIG. 5 , outer supportingwalls 16 comprise reinforcingpanels 26, such as reinforcing panels made of rubber, to also prevent inflatableannular structure 13 from slipping on supporting surface P (FIG. 3 ). - Each inflatable
annular structure 13 comprises one or more connectors, (such asflaps 27 in which reinforced-edgedeyelets 28 are formed) which extend along the edges of each outer supportingwall 16 to connect one inflatableannular structure 13 to an adjacent inflatableannular structure 13, as shown inFIG. 4 . - In actual use, and with reference to
FIGS. 3 and 5 , inflatableouter bag 14 defines the shape of inflatableannular structure 13, and in particular of outer supportingwalls 16, whileinner bags 15 clamp and lockblade 2 in a given position with respect to inflatableouter bag 14, and in particular with respect to outer supportingwalls 16. - More specifically, when inflatable
inner bags 15 are inflated,inner clamping walls wing 8 or theinner clamping walls inner bags 15. - When inflatable
annular structure 13 is fitted about root7, inflatableinner bags 15 adapt to the shape of root7 and assume a different shape from the one shown inFIGS. 3 and 5 . - With reference to
FIG. 6 ,number 29 indicates an inflatable annular structure comprising an annular inflatableouter bag 14, and three inflatableinner bags 30, each comprising an inner clamping wall31, two end walls32 (only one shown inFIG. 6 ), avalve 33, and acap 34. - With reference to
FIG. 7 ,number 35 indicates an inflatable annular structure comprising an annular inflatableouter bag 14, and an annular inflatableinner bag 36 comprising an annularinner clamping wall 37, two end walls38 (only one shown inFIG. 7 ), a valve39, and acap 40. - Inflatable
annular structures blade 2 at root7. Though inflatableannular structures inner bags annular structures - Like inflatable
annular structures 13, inflatableannular structures flaps 27 with reinforced-edgedeyelets 28. - With reference to
FIG. 1 , in addition to inflatableannular structures 13, packing1 comprises a cover41 for protecting tip9 ofblade 2, and which is in the form of a cap and also inflatable. - In one alternative embodiment of the present disclosure (not shown), the packing comprises further inflatable covers placed along other portions of the blade to protect the blade from shock.
Number 42 inFIG. 4 indicates a packing assembly for threeblades 2 packed in respective inflatableannular structures 13 fixed to one another.- In the
FIG. 4 example, two inflatableannular structures 13 rest on a supporting surface P along two respectiveouter supporting walls 16, and a third inflatableannular structure 13 rests on the other two inflatableannular structures 13. Because inflatableannular structures 13 are prism-shaped with triangular, such as isosceles triangular, ends, two side by side inflatableannular structures 13 form a gap complementary to the inverted third inflatableannular structure 13, two outer supportingwalls 16 of which rest on two sloping outer supportingwalls 16 of the other two inflatableannular structures 13. - The three inflatable
annular structures 13 are connected to one another byrings 43 or ropes (not shown) throughadjacent eyelets 28 of adjacent inflatableannular structures 13. Packing assemblies of different shapes can thus be formed comprising at least two connected inflatableannular structures 13. - The wind power turbine blade packing method comprises the steps of placing at least two inflatable
annular structures 13 about ablade 2, and inflating each inflatableannular structure 13 to distend outer supportingwalls 16, andinner clamping walls blade 2. - In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of inflating inflatable
outer bag 14 first, and then inflatableinner bags 15. More specifically, the method of this embodiment comprises the step of positioning inflatableannular structure 13 aboutblade 2 before inflating inflatableinner bags 15, and after inflating inflatableouter bag 14, so as to set supportingwalls 16 in a given position with respect toblade 2. - The method also comprises the step of placing inflatable
annular structure 13 aboutblade 2 at a given point along axis A ofblade 2, before inflating inflatableinner bags 15 and after inflating inflatableouter bag 14. - Once positioned correctly with respect to
blade 2, inflatableannular structure 13 is locked aboutblade 2 by inflating inflatableinner bags 15, such as simultaneously. - The same packing method also applies to fitting inflatable
annular structures blade 2. - The present disclose has numerous advantages: packing, protector or transportor1 substantially comprises lightweight, compact, relatively low-cost inflatable annular structures, the inflatable annular structures defining the packing can be salvaged and deflated to drastically reduce volume for transport from the blade installation site back to the blade manufacturing plant, and the packing is configured to adapt to the shape of the blade, so it can be used for blades of different shapes and sizes. The clamping walls, in fact, mold to the shape of the blade, which makes the packing extremely versatile. Moreover, when fully or partly deflated, the annular structures can be placed relatively easily about the blade, and then inflated to fix them to the blade.
- The packing in general may comprise one or a number of variously combined inflatable
annular structures - In another embodiment (not shown), inflatable
annular structures annular structure blade 2. - Using a plurality of inflatable annular structures, it is possible to cover the whole length of the blade.
- It should be understood that various changes and modifications to the presently preferred embodiments described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art, for example, to the shape of the inflatable annular structures or to the means of connecting them. Such changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present subject matter and without diminishing its intended advantages. It is therefore intended that such changes and modifications be covered by the appended claims.
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1. A wind power turbine blade packing comprising:
at least one inflatable annular structure including:
at least one outer supporting wall, and
at least one inner clamping wall configured to clamp a blade in a designated position with respect to the at least one outer supporting wall.
2. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 1 , wherein the at least one inflatable annular structure includes at least one inflatable outer bag which defines said at least one outer supporting wall and at least one inflatable inner bag which defines said at least one inner clamping wall.
3. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 2 , wherein the at least one inflatable outer bag includes a plurality of substantially flat, adjacent outer supporting walls.
4. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 2 , wherein the at least one inflatable outer bag and the at least one inflatable inner bag define a shared intermediate wall.
5. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 2 , wherein the at least one inflatable annular structure includes a plurality of inflatable inner bags, each inflatable inner bag at least partially defining said at least one inner clamping wall.
6. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 1 , wherein the at least one inflatable annular structure includes at least one connector configured to connect said at least one inflatable annular structure to an adjacent inflatable annular structure.
7. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 6 , wherein said at least one connector includes a plurality of flaps each having an eyelet configured to be connected by at least one of: a ring and a rope.
8. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 1 , which includes a plurality of inflatable annular structures configured to fit about one blade.
9. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 1 , which includes at least one cover configured to cover and protect the blade.
10. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 9 , wherein said cover is configured to inflate.
11. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 1 , which includes a plurality of inflatable annular structures, wherein a first and second blade are supported by respective ones of said inflatable annular structures and the inflatable annular structure of the first blade is connected to the inflatable annular structure of the second blade.
12. The wind power turbine blade packing ofclaim 1 , wherein the at least one outer supporting wall of the at least one inflatable annular structure is flat.
13. A method of packing wind power turbine blades, the method comprising:
applying at least one inflatable annular structure about a blade, and
causing the at least one inflatable annular structure to inflate to distend at least one outer supporting wall and at least one inner clamping wall to clamp the blade.
14. The method ofclaim 13 , wherein the at least one inflatable annular structure includes at least one inflatable outer bag which defines said at least one outer supporting wall, and at least one inflatable inner bag which defines said at least one inner clamping wall and which includes causing the at least one inflatable outer bag to inflate before causing the at least one inflatable inner bag to inflate.
15. The method ofclaim 14 , which includes orienting the at least one inflatable annular structure about the blade after causing the at least one inflatable outer bag to inflate and before causing the at least one inflatable inner bag to inflate to set the at least one outer supporting wall and the at least one inner clamping wall to respective designated positions with respect to the blade.
16. The method ofclaim 14 , which includes maintaining the at least one inflatable annular structure in a designated position with respect to the blade when causing the at least one inflatable inner bag to inflate to lock the at least one inflatable annular structure with respect to the blade in said designated position.
17. The method ofclaim 13 , wherein the at least one outer supporting wall of the at least one inflatable annular structure is flat.
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